I will declare your righteousness, and your works; for they shall not profit you. Treasury of Scripture Isaiah 1:11-15 To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices to me? said the LORD: I am full of the burnt offerings of rams... Isaiah 58:2-6 Yet they seek me daily, and delight to know my ways, as a nation that did righteousness, and forsook not the ordinance of their God... Isaiah 59:6-8 Their webs shall not become garments, neither shall they cover themselves with their works: their works are works of iniquity... Isaiah 64:5 You meet him that rejoices and works righteousness, those that remember you in your ways: behold, you are wroth; for we have sinned... Isaiah 66:3,4 He that kills an ox is as if he slew a man; he that sacrifices a lamb, as if he cut off a dog's neck; he that offers an oblation... Jeremiah 7:4-11 Trust you not in lying words, saying, The temple of the LORD, The temple of the LORD, The temple of the LORD, are these... Micah 3:2-4 Who hate the good, and love the evil; who pluck off their skin from off them, and their flesh from off their bones... Matthew 23:5,14 But all their works they do for to be seen of men: they make broad their phylacteries, and enlarge the borders of their garments... Romans 3:10-20 As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one... Romans 10:2,3 For I bear them record that they have a zeal of God, but not according to knowledge...
Context God Condemns Idolatry
3But draw near here, you sons of the sorceress, the seed of the adulterer and the whore. 4Against whom do you sport yourselves? against whom make you a wide mouth, and draw out the tongue? are you not children of transgression, a seed of falsehood. 5Enflaming yourselves with idols under every green tree, slaying the children in the valleys under the clefts of the rocks? 6Among the smooth stones of the stream is your portion; they, they are your lot: even to them have you poured a drink offering, you have offered a meat offering. Should I receive comfort in these? 7On a lofty and high mountain have you set your bed: even thither went you up to offer sacrifice. 8Behind the doors also and the posts have you set up your remembrance: for you have discovered yourself to another than me, and are gone up; you have enlarged your bed, and made you a covenant with them; you loved their bed where you saw it. 9And you went to the king with ointment, and did increase your perfumes, and did send your messengers far off, and did debase yourself even to hell. 10You are wearied in the greatness of your way; yet said you not, There is no hope: you have found the life of your hand; therefore you were not grieved. 11And of whom have you been afraid or feared, that you have lied, and have not remembered me, nor laid it to your heart? have not I held my peace even of old, and you fear me not? 12I will declare your righteousness, and your works; for they shall not profit you. 13When you cry, let your companies deliver you; but the wind shall carry them all away; vanity shall take them: but he that puts his trust in me shall possess the land, and shall inherit my holy mountain; Parallel Verses American Standard Version
I will declare thy righteousness; and as for thy works, they shall not profit thee.
Douay-Rheims Bible
I will declare thy justice, and thy works shall not profit thee.
Darby Bible Translation
I will declare thy righteousness, and thy works; and they shall not profit thee.
King James Bible
I will declare thy righteousness, and thy works; for they shall not profit thee.
Young's Literal Translation
I declare thy righteousness, and thy works, And they do not profit thee.
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